A simple term for "translation", the change of position of an entity typically on the route of going from point A to point B.
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How do I tackle top down RPG movement?
I have a game that I am writing in Java. It is a top down RPG and I am trying to handle movement in the world. The world is largely procedural and I am having a difficult time tackling how to handle ...
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Looking for a good technique for character movement in hack&slash game
I'm making hack&slash game and I want my characters move like for example in Torchlight, Diablo, etc.
Currently I generate set of nodes for all walkable areas of a floor. When I click somewhere ...
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Who controls my player's movement?
In my game, does my player object control the movement, or does the map object control it? (Or some other object?)
The player doesn't know about the map's contents to stop at solids, interact with ...
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How do i get my tilemap to move at the same speed as my character
I have a little problem in my solution, i'm trying to make a pretty big map for the players to walk around in.
I decided to use a tile-engine, but when I move my character it moves faster than my ...
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Make player to always move along the terrain
I'm working on a 2D platformer side scroller game. I am giving high impulse to player, the player starts moving and if it hits a slope on terrain, it gets a vertical movement and starts to fly over ...
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How can I make bodies that do not stick to the wall in Bullet Physics? [duplicate]
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Physics engine recommendation which can simulate pool game correctly?
I made a Billiards scene with Bullet Physics, but I've got a problem. When the ball is slowing down ...
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Collision Problems
I'm having some troubles with a 2D platformer type game (there's more to it, but that's all that matters for this question). I had collision with the platforms working fine, but if the character hit ...
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Top Down RPG Movement w/ Correction?
I would hope that we have all played Zelda: A Link to the Past, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I want to emulate that kind of 2D, top-down character movement with a touch of correction. It has ...
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Mouse-driven Movement
I'm trying to write a game where player picks where they are going by just mouse-clicking on that position and it goes there (just like RuneScape's point-and-click mouse interface).
I'm trying to get ...
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Moving objects colliding when using unalligned collision avoidance (steering)
I'm having trouble with unaligned collision avoidance for what I think is a rare case. I have set two objects to move towards each other but with a slight offset, so one of the objects is moving ...
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Equation for bouncing graph?
I basically want my camera in 3D move automatically. Currently, I have linear movement which is rather dumb, so I'd like to do a bouncing movement.
However, what is a good equation for bouncing? I ...
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Oscillating Sprite Movement in XNA
I'm working on a 2d game and am looking to make a sprite move horizontally across the screen in XNA while oscillating vertically (basically I want the movement to look like a sin wave). Currently for ...
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Resources on expected behaviour when manipulating 3D objects with the mouse
In my animation editor, I have a 3D gizmo that sits on the origin of a bone; the user drags the mesh around to rotate the bone.
I've found that translating the 2D movements of the mouse into sensible ...
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How to manage enemy movement and shoot in a shmup?
I'm wondering what is the best (or at least a good) way of managing enemies in a shoot-em-up.
Basically, what I'd do would be a class that manages displaying and updating positions of all the ...
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AI to move custom-shaped spaceships (shape affecting movement behaviour)
I'm designing a networked turn based 3D-6DOF space fleet combat strategy game which relies heavily on ship customization. Let me explain the game a bit, since you need to know a bit about it to set ...
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2d tank movement and turret solution
I'm making a simple top-down tank game on the ipad where the user controls the movement of the tank with the left "joystick" and the rotation of the turret with the right one. I've spent several hours ...
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Improve mouse movement in first person game
In my current FPS game, I have the mouse setup in a way, that it always forces the position of the mouse to be centered at the screen. This gets the job done, but also gets very annoying, since the ...
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Moving a sprite in XNA/C#, using vectors
I'm currently looking into XNA game development with the C# language.
I have two classes: the main game handler and a "sprite" class. Following is some basic pseudo-code which I hope adequately ...
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Enemy movement in straight line to player in chase game
I'm creating a game where the enemies spawn randomly on a map then move towards the player every frame at a random speed. The map has no obstacles so the enemies should always move in a straight line. ...
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What is the best way to limit player movement?
I'm currently programming a 2d game where the player moves around on a rectangular playing field. The player has a direction and a velocity. What is the best way to limit the player's movement so ...
